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The EPA is demanding Uisce Éireann expedites upgrades to sewerage infrastructure in Clare amid significant human health and biodiversity concerns. A new report published by the organisation today found that raw sewerage continues to be discharged from Ballyvaughan and Kilkee every single day, while Lahinch's Wastewater Treatment Plant failed to meet EU standards. Kilmihil's WWTP has been named on a priority list, meaning upgrade works must be carried out urgently to prevent harm to local waterbodies. As it stands, Uisce Éireann is hoping to deliver new WWTPs in Kilkee and Ballyvaughan by 2027 and in Lahinch by 2029. Senior EPA Wastewater Inspector Caroline Murphy has been telling Clare FM's Daragh Dolan that projects in this county require a renewed sense of urgency.